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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1904
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR notes reference Parker and Davis with unclear connections to a county level record. The legible elements suggest names and possible county or ledger context, but critical details are missing, leaving a partial historical notation.
A school or parental advisory piece warns against detective and sensational stories for boys and girls. It argues such literature undermines virtue, poisons morals, and encourages crime and immorality, urging guardians to supervise libraries and invest in wholesome periodicals to protect youth.
A reflective plea urges Mississippi towns to beautify streets and curb eyesores. It links civic pride to business success and suggests small billboards and organized hitching spaces as steps toward cleaner, more livable towns.
The LaFayette County Democratic County Executive Committee met in Oxford on September 12 chaired by C. L. Sivley and J. L. Sisk. They approved publishing the national committee address and forming Parker and Davis Clubs at voting precincts on October 1 2004 with club officers reported to Sivley. Members of the Second and Judicial District committees were elected and the group adjourned.
Dr. J W Johnson reports from the World’s Fair a wood engraving of the University of Mississippi’s huge static electrical machine. The piece notes Stillman’s Physics description of the 1857 Curtiss Aard machine from Boston, with two six foot glass plates, brass cylinders, and an ozone aroma, capable of producing negative electricity from four rubbers.
Advertisement offers 60 acres of ridge land for rent near town with possession any time and an office contact. Also includes medical remedies and beauty claims with testimonials for Bal lard's Horehound Syrup and Herbine, sold by Oxford Pharmacy and others.
The Chicago firm DeWitt & Co discovered a salve named Whiter Hasel Salve years ago. The product is marketed to treat itching skin diseases and a range of skin conditions.
Local notes report dry weather and a cold edge to days, with cotton, sorghum, hay, turnips and potatoes in need of rain. Sickness touches the area as J B Hudgine leaves the neighborhood. sermons set for Concord and Splinter Creek by Rev G V Mellowell. Advertisements claim Foley Kidney Cure aided a patient, and Dr King s New Discovery helps breathing and colds.
Community notices recount illnesses and visits among residents, including Katie Patterson with congestion, Miss Jenoie Simmons, and families from Denmark and Kingdom. Advertisements solicit catarh cures from Hall's and attest to local merchants' trustworthiness.
The passage argues that a weak stomach weakens the entire body and cannot properly digest food. It asserts health and strength depend on restoring stomach function and endorses Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as a remedy that digests food, cleanses glands, and cures indigestion and related troubles.
An energetic man is sought to act as salesman and collector for the Singer Sewing Machine Co. He must supply his own horse in each town of Holly Springs Oxford and Water Valley. A high grade commission is offered. The company already has 40 or 50 monthly customers at Water Valley. For details write The Singer Manufacturing Co Corinth Miss J W Clark Manager.
A reader endorses Boschee German Syrup for mothers and children to prevent consumptive symptoms, claiming it cures throat and cold trouble. A Chicago switchman, A J Jennesse, reports kidney cold improved after trying Core remedies, praising the product sold locally.
Teckvill News notes illnesses being common with chills and fever, a sermon at Oak Grove Church, visiting relatives, and several people traveling for school. It records a local wedding Rev J Graves performing Henry Fulmer and Nannie Fite, and includes advertisements for Foley’s Honey and Tar, Foley’s Kidney Cure, Ballard’s Snow Liniment, and medical notices from Oxford Pharmacy.
Pink Eyes notes Little Miss Iullie Rogers is quite ill along with Mrs. Green and Mrs. Mayfield of Oxford visiting relatives last week. Carrie and Annie Kim mong spent Sunday with Mrs. J. S. Douglass’s family. Ed Beard of Florida visits his brother Abbott Baird. Mable Stone visiting Oxford this week. Beulah Winter very sick for a week. Mrs. G. W. Crawford of Keel visits Saturday and Sunday. Arthur Crawford’s wife leaves for Memphis. Jolu Douglass visits Oxford. O. Slaughter visits mother H. O. Frazier Sunday. Wishing much success to the Eagle readers.
A local testimonial from J P Kilote of Edina Missouri praises Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as superior for stomach trouble biliousness and constipation. The ad notes the tablets are for sale by all druggists and claim to be unmatched in effectiveness.
Indigestion disturbs sleep and causes insomnia in many cases. Several sufferers were permanently cured by Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. Available for ease at all druggists.
The Iron Mountain Route offers limited time one way and round trip fares to Indian Territory Oklahoma Texas and New Mexico from Memphis. One way tickets on Sept 20 Oct 4 and 18 cost 6 00 to Indian Territory Oklahoma and 9 60 to Texas and eastern points. 11 27 27 round trips to Indian and Oklahoma Territories and Texas east of Dalhart and Kerrville are 15 00 with 21 day validity and stopovers allowed. Contact H D Wilson J P Pannnin or AGG at 414 Main St Memphis for details. Also a testimonial touts Electric Bitters for kidney liver and stomach issues.
Mr. G. W. Fowler of Hightower Alabama recounts a courtroom episode in Edwardville Clebourne County. He claims Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy cured him within minutes after a druggist sent the product instead of the expected cholera mix. Two fellow jurors also recovered with a single bottle. For sale by all druggists.
List of unclaimed mail items at the Oxford Mississippi Post Office for the week ending September 17 101 including names such as Mia Ballard George Banks Lee Beard Ww Crothers Ann Dew Freeman Gray Mia Leaner Fanniey Miss Viola Holder Amanda Kimmons Killen Pigg Moore and others with notations of Mrs Amanda Kimmons and Amanda Kimmons Amanda recorded among the list with tentative initials and incomplete spellings rendered in OCR.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy acts on the plan of aiding nature. It allays the cough relieves the lung and aids expectoration, opening the secret line and restoring a healthy condition. Sold by all druggists.
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